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View usage for: (pelɪt) Word forms: plural pelletscountable nounA pellet is a small ball of paper, mud, lead, or other material. He was shot in the head by an air gun pellet. A beetle was rolling a pellet of dried dung up the hill. Synonyms: little ball, little piece More Synonyms of pellet More Synonyms of pellet pellet in British English (ˈpɛlɪt) noun1. a small round ball, esp of compressed matter a wax pellet 2. a. an imitation bullet used in toy guns 3. a stone ball formerly used as a catapult or cannon missile 4. Also called: cast, casting ornithology a mass of undigested food, including bones, fur, feathers, etc, that is regurgitated by certain birds, esp birds of prey 6. a raised area on coins and carved or moulded ornaments verb (transitive)7. to strike with pellets 8. to make or form into pellets Word origin C14: from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilota (unattested), from Latin pila ball pellet in American English (ˈpɛlɪt) noun1. a little ball or rounded mass, as of clay, paper, medicine, compressed food for animals, etc. 2. a. a crude projectile of stone, etc., as used in a catapult or early cannon b. a bullet or an imitation bullet c. any of various pieces of small, usually lead, shot verb transitive4. to shoot or hit with pellets Word origin ME pelote < OFr < VL * pilotta, dim. of L pila, a ball, orig., knot of hair: see pile 2pellet in the Pharmaceutical Industry (pɛlɪt) Word forms: (regular plural) pellets noun( Pharmaceutical: Administration) A pellet is a small pill. A small pellet of medicine should be easy to swallow whole. The medication is produced as capsules with tiny pellets inside. A pellet is a small pill. Examples of 'pellet' in a sentencepellet Unlike wood pellets, it does not require transporting by rail.Some litter brands have wood pellets that are too big for cats' sensitive paws.The paint pellet hit him through a small gap under his helmet. Burn the pellets and you produce smoke.They are for storing millions of humble wood pellets.Two victims will need surgery to remove pellets.But the pellets hit two men in the legs and backs.Metal air gun pellets were found in her jaw and face.He is due to have an operation to remove the pellet next week.Then last weekend she saw him emerge from the woods behind his house where he had often shot a pellet gun.Now our central heating runs on wood pellets, cutting costs by about a third.At a critical point along its trajectory, each pellet would be hit by laser light.Luckily for both of us, it was just a harmless pellet gun.It is biomass - wood chips or pellets.He survived after having 42 pellets removed from his chest.So we can get a better picture of me with my new buddies, a keeper throws in some food pellets.It has drawn up an ambitious plan to turn itself into one of the largest producers of green power by burning wood pellets instead of coal.These can be primary projects, such as replacing a gas-fired boiler with one burning wood pellets.Production was ahead by 11 per cent to 5.3 million tonnes of iron ore pellets in the first half.The pellets, so tiny they are not visible to the naked eye, are contained in a fluid that is injected into the tumour. British English: pellet / ˈpɛlɪt/ NOUN A pellet is a small ball of paper, mud, lead, or other material. The bird could collect food pellets from a feeder. - American English: pellet
- Arabic: كُرَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pelota
- Chinese: 小球
- Croatian: kuglica
- Czech: kulička
- Danish: kugle
- Dutch: balletje
- European Spanish: perdigón
- Finnish: pelletti
- French: grain
- German: Kügelchen
- Greek: βώλος
- Italian: pallottolina
- Japanese: 小球
- Korean: 작은 공
- Norwegian: liten kule
- Polish: kulka
- European Portuguese: pelota
- Romanian: cocoloș
- Russian: катышек
- Latin American Spanish: perdigón
- Swedish: liten kula
- Thai: ก้อนกลมเล็กๆ
- Turkish: tanecik
- Ukrainian: кулька
- Vietnamese: viên
Chinese translation of 'pellet' n (c) - [of paper, mud, dung]
小团(團) (xiǎotuán) - (for shotgun)
小弹(彈)丸 (xiǎo dànwán) (粒, lì) - [of animal feed]
丸 (wán)
Definition a piece of small shot He was taken to hospital for treatment to pellet wounds. Definition a small round ball, esp. of compressed matter A beetle was rolling a pellet of dung up the hill. Additional synonymsDefinition small round lead pellets used in shotguns These guns are lighter and take more shot for their size. Synonyms ammunition, bullet, slug, pellet, projectile, lead, ball- peg
- pejorative
- pell-mell
- pellet
- pellucid
- pelt
- pen
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